Tuesday, 5 May 2015

April Highlights

I can't quite believe it's May already ... where did April go? Here are some of our favourite bits from the last month.

We started the month on windy but wonderful Hayling Island, where we were serenaded every morning and evening by a beautiful song thrush, we met Fantastic Mr Fox, we found starfish and fossils and claimed Bug Mad Island!

The Red Kites nest blew out of the tree in my parents back garden and we found all sorts of lovely things lining it, including a dead mouse, lots of baby wipes and a rotten pair of knickers!

At long last the woods burst into life, with bluebells, celandines and wood anemones carpeting the woodland floor.

The Roman snails woke up and started to mooch around Pulpit Hill.

We were thrilled to find a basking slow-worm and just loved all the cowslips that seemed to be flowering everywhere.

My breath was taken away by the beauty of our secret garden (Yoesden Bank) where I spent a morning watching Green Hairstreak butterflies.

We had an outing to Iffley Meadows in Oxford and saw how a traditional English water meadow should look, full of Snakes-head Fritillaries.